Estonian cadastral map (katastrikaart): how to look up any plot, step by step

What the katastrikaart is and who runs it

What Estonians call the katastrikaart is the cadastral layer of the official map published by the Maa- ja Ruumiamet (Land and Spatial Development Board), which replaced the former Maa-amet on 1 January 2025. Searching for “Maa-ameti kaart” gets you to the same place: the X-GIS 2 Maainfo application, also reachable from the Geoportaal via the “Ava Eesti kaart” link.

Every plot in the cadastre is a katastriüksus (cadastral unit) with its own code, the katastritunnus. Everything else, from area to land use, hangs off that code.

Step by step: finding a plot

1. Open the official map

   Go to xgis.maaamet.ee/xgis2/page/app/maainfo. It runs in a desktop browser and on phones and tablets too; on touch screens not every function is available, but the basic ones are.

2. Search by address or code

   The search box accepts a plain-text address, the katastritunnus, a building register (EHR) code or a pair of coordinates. If all you have is the address, start there — it is the fastest route.

3. Click on the plot

   A single click on the map queries the active layers and returns a list of what sits at that point. Choose the cadastral unit and its information opens.

4. Read the data

   First check that the katastritunnus and the address are the ones you were after. Then look at the area and the sihtotstarve; how to read it is explained below.

5. Download what you need

   The “Kõlvikute kaart” button downloads a PDF with the plot’s land types (kõlvikud), and “Kü kitsendused” opens the restrictions map for that same unit in a new window.

What the cadastre tells you about each plot

The Estonian cadastre publishes the following for every cadastral unit — these are the fields of its open dataset:

• Katastritunnus: the plot’s code.
• Address and administrative unit: county, municipality and settlement.
• Sihtotstarve: up to three land-use designations, each with its percentage share.
• Area (pindala) and its split by land type: arable, grassland, forest, yard land (õuemaa) and other.
• Land register number (kinnistu): the link to the land register.
• Taxable value (maksustamishind).
• Form of ownership (omandivorm) and the dates of registration and last change.

What the cadastre does not hold is the owner’s name, mortgages or servitudes. Those live in the land register, covered below.

How to read a katastritunnus

The katastritunnus has three parts separated by colons, and its first three digits are the code of the administrative unit, as set out in § 39 of the regulation on forming cadastral units (Katastriüksuse moodustamise kord). Always ask for it: with the code there is no mixing up neighbouring plots.

Sihtotstarve and its percentages

A plot can carry up to three designations, each with a percentage — for example 60% residential and 40% agricultural. If a tool shows you a single designation, it is almost certainly showing only the first one, and on a large mixed plot that changes the picture completely.

Sihtotstarve says what a plot is registered as, not what may be built on it. Planning decides that. We cover it in depth in sihtotstarve and building rights.

What the map does not show, and where to look

Owner, mortgages and servitudes: the kinnistusraamat

The land register, the e-kinnistusraamat, is run by the RIK (Centre of Registers and Information Systems), not by the Maa- ja Ruumiamet. Anyone may consult it (§ 74 of the Land Register Act), but you have to log in with an ID card or Mobiil-ID. Owners view their own property for free; other properties cost money. Under the RIK price list, one section of the register costs €2 and the whole register part (registriosa) €6.

Buildings: the ehitisregister

Which buildings are registered on the plot, and the building procedures attached to them, is in the Building Register (EHR), free for everyone to use. A structure that exists on the ground but is not registered is a problem in its own right, and one to catch before you sign.

Restrictions: the kitsendused map

A power line, a pipeline or a protected area limits how a plot can be used. Those restrictions are in the Maa- ja Ruumiamet restrictions information system, which calculates their extent from the object causing them and its zone of influence. From the plot’s information you get there with the “Kü kitsendused” button.

What may be built: plans

Building rights come from an adopted detailed plan or, where none is required, from design conditions issued by the municipality. Plans can be looked up at planeeringud.ee, which now leads to the planning search of the building register, and in the Maa- ja Ruumiamet planning map application, which covers detailed and comprehensive plans.

A faster lookup: the kiirpäring

If you only need a plot’s basic data and already have its code or address, the cadastre quick query gives it to you without the map: it is the quick search by code or address on the kataster.ee portal.

On your phone

On a phone the most reliable option is to open the same website, which adapts to the screen. If you install an app, check who publishes it: app stores carry third-party apps too.

If you work with plots every day

The official map is built for looking up one plot at a time. On the Domuspace cadastral map you get the same official plots, for all of Estonia and the province of Málaga, coloured by the outcome at each door in six statuses, so the whole team can see which areas have been worked. It does not replace the register: ownership and encumbrances stay in the kinnistusraamat.

If you also work in Spain, the twin guide is how to look up a property in the Spanish Catastro. And if you sell in Estonia, see how Domuspace works in the Estonian market.

This guide is informational. Prices and screens can change: the details were checked on 28 September 2026 against the official websites linked above.